15 Maoists were killed on Monday in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. The gunfight took place in the morning in a forest area in south Sukma, around 500 km from Raipur.
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Facing criticism over alleged sexual exploitation at a shelter home for minors in Muzaffarpur, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday said the incident has shamed the government, adding that those found guilty will be 'severely punished', reported news agency ANI.Read News

The horrific child rapes at a shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur have drawn the attention of the Supreme Court, which issued notice to the state and the central government today. Expressing concern about the girls, the court said from now, publication of morphed images of the children will not be allowed.Read News

The Election Commission of India has sought a detailed report from the Chief Electoral Officer of Assam on the draft National Register of Citizens published. While the Supreme Court said that no coercive action should be taken against those whose names are not there in the NRC of Assam as it is only a draft.Read News

The final draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) was released. It said 2.89 crore of 3.29 crore who applied are considered citizens of the country. That means some 40-41 lakh of Assamese have technically stopped being 'Indian'. Read News

Kashmir's fish are dying because of eutrophication (excess of nutrients leading to oxygen depletion), turtle doves have almost stopped visiting paddy fields to pick grain and, alarmingly, lesser numbers of migratory birds have so far come to the Valley this year. If these are not enough indicators of an environmental doomsday, then read on.

Monsoon normally hits the Bihar state between June 12 and 14. But a poor monsoon till the end of June has triggered fears of deficit rainfall again, which could result in a drought-like situation in the state.
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Two Kashmiris, a policeman and a youth, returned to their ancestral village in Jammu and Kashmir, albeit in coffins. The policeman was killed by militants while the young man lost his life in firing by the security forces.
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An alarming spurt in violence in early spring has been marked by attacks on civilians by militants, the army using a civilian as a shield against stone-pelters, the lowest ever voter turn-out in a parliamentary by-election and the use of social media as a tool to stoke passions.Read News

It wasn't long ago that villages in western Odisha would wear a deserted look for much of the year due to distress migration of adults to other parts of the country in search of livelihood. Now, the combined project offers job opportunities even during the rainy season.
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Farmers in the agrarian states of Punjab and Haryana are often blamed for causing environmental and health concerns by burning crop residue but scores of farmers also suffer burning of their crop for no fault of theirs.Read News

Salim Siddiqui, 65, who fixes motorcycles in a Hindu majority area here, the headquarters of the state's largest district of Lakhimpur-Kheri, feels the town lost its innocence since it witnessed its first communal brawl about a month back - which also spread to surrounding areas.Read News